📍 2601 Dairy Rd, Garland, Dallas County, 75041
Watson Technology Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garland, Dallas County. The school has 527 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gina Makidon. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Watson Technology Center enrolls 527 students across grades K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 272 | 52% |
| White | 87 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 16% |
| Asian | 60 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
321 of the school's 527 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 272 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Watson Technology Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 113.
Watson Technology Center is one of 78 schools in GARLAND ISD, based in GARLAND, Texas. The district serves 51,021 students district-wide and employs 3,476 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 527 students, Watson Technology Center is smaller than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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